The Silent Wife, one of this summer's sleeper hits, is being compared to Gillian Flynn's 2012 smash hit about a husband suspected in his wife's disappearance.

In Wife, the main female character, Jodi Brett, gives Amazing Amy of Gone Girl a run for her best-selling money. Jodi, a 45-year-old therapist, has never married contractor Todd Gilbert. The couple has lived together cozily in Chicago for 20 years, Jodi silently complicit in Todd's many affairs -- until he crosses the line with demanding Natasha, a college student.

Suddenly the thought of murder enters this terribly civilized equation.

Turn Around Bright Eyes: The Rituals of Love and Karaoke by Rob Sheffield; IT Books; 288 pp.; non-fiction

In his third memoir, rock critic Sheffield explores the healing properties of the much-mocked (and beloved) karaoke culture.

USA TODAY says *** ½. Sheffield "makes a convincing argument that every man is destined to become Rod Stewart. That's not just hilarious, it's genius."

The Widow Waltz by Sally Koslow ; Viking, 342 pp.; fiction

When slick, handsome attorney Ben Silver drops dead of a heart attack while running in Central Park, his grieving widow, 50-year-old Georgia, is in for a Ruth Madoff-like shock – the money's gone, and Ben may have been cheating.

USA TODAY says *** ½. " Koslow is a sharp observer of Manhattan's elite, a witty writer, and smart enough to make the once-pampered Georgia a sympathetic character."